tail

(tal) (L. cau'da}. A cauda, or slender appene. See cauda. t.-fold, a fold in the early embryo Seeking the hind-gut. t.-gut, a prolongation of the archenteron into the tail of the early embryo. t. of an incision, the beginning and end of a surgical incision which does not go through the whole skin. t. of a muscle, the tapering, attached end of a muscle. t. of the pancreas, the splenic end of the pancreas. tailors’ spasm (ta’lerz). See spasm.